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Beat'n Down Yo Block! is the debut album from Atlanta based rapper Unk

Unk

Anthony Platt , commonly known as Unk, is a DJ/rapper. He began spinning records in 1998. After meeting DJ Jelly and DJ Montay, he joined their DJ entourage, the Southern Style DJs. They performed for high school parties, proms, pep rallies, and other events around the state of Georgia. In 2000...

. It was released October 3, 2006.
Beat'n Down Yo Block! features many prominent southern rap

Southern rap

Southern hip hop, also called Southern rap, is a genre of American music influenced by hip hop that emerged from a late-1980s club-oriented vibe in southern U.S...

pers, among them D.G. Yola, Baby D and Dem Franchize Boyz

Dem Franchize Boyz

Dem Franchize Boyz was a Southern Rap group from Atlanta signed to E1 Music. The group comprises four members: Parlae , Pimpin' , Jizzal Man , and Buddie .-History:...

. It also features production by Jazze Pha

Jazze Pha

Phalon Anton Alexander , also known as Jazze Pha , is an American singer, and songwriter.raised in Memphis, TN; son of James Alexander ....

.

Koch Records

Koch Records

E1 Music , the primary subsidiary of E1 Entertainment LP, is the largest independent record label in the United States. It is also distributed by the Universal Music Group in Europe under the name E1 Universal...

re-released an expanded edition of the album on September 25, 2007, featuring previously unreleased tracks and a bonus DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

Track listing

"Intro" (feat. Jelly) (Platt, Anthony/Shahid, Fard) — 1:53
"Beat'n Down Yo Block" (Humphrey, Montay/Platt, Anthony) — 3:42
"Walk It Out
Walk It Out
"Walk It Out" is the debut single of rapper Unk from his debut album Beat'n Down Yo Block! The song has been played on the radio in Atlanta since March 2006 but gained popularity nationwide in September 2006. The song peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him the first top-ten single of...

" (Humphrey, Montay/Platt, Anthony/Simmons, Howard) — 2:53
"Comin' Down Da Street" (feat. Loko) (Humphrey, Montay/Platt, Anthony/Scott, Lorenzo) — 2:47
"Bring It Back" (Humphrey, Montay/Platt, Anthony) — 3:29
"2 Step
2 Step
"2 Step" is the second single from Unk's album Beat'n Down Yo Block! It was released in 2007. It has an accompanying dance, called the "2 Step". The video co-directed by Dale "Rage" Resteghini and Will Horton was released on February 23, 2007 on Yahoo! Music...

" (Humphrey, Montay/Platt, Anthony/Shahid, Fard) — 3:15
"Slow It Up" (feat. Jizzal Man) (Humphrey, Montay/Leverette, Benard/Platt, Anthony) — 2:55
"Don't Make Us" (feat. DJ Montay & D.G. Yola) (Humphrey, Montay/Platt, Anthony/Simmons, Howard/Talley, Mario) — 5:21

"Flatline" (Humphrey, Montay/Platt, Anthony) — 2:56

"Thinking Of You" (feat. Jazze Pha

Jazze Pha

Phalon Anton Alexander , also known as Jazze Pha , is an American singer, and songwriter.raised in Memphis, TN; son of James Alexander ....

) (Alexander, P./Hooker, Corey/Platt, Anthony/Shahid, Fard) — 3:27

"Fresh Dressed" (feat. Backbone) (Humphrey, Montay/Platt, Anthony/Williams, Jamahr) — 4:51

"Ayyy" (Platt, Anthony) — 3:21

"This Is How We Do" (feat. Big Korey & Dru) (Matey, Andrew/Platt, Anthony/Roberson, Korey) — 2:51

"Hold On Ho" (feat. Baby D

Baby D

Baby D may refer to:*Baby D , a UK dance group*Baby D , Atlanta underground rap artist*Baby D, a fictional character in the 2000 film Next Friday-See also:*Baby Dee, American performance artist and singer-songwriter...

, DJ Montay & Parlae) (Platt, Anthony/Simmons, Howard/Jenkins, Donald/Gleaton, Maurice) — 3:23

"Smokin' Sticky Sticky" (Humphrey, Montay/Platt, Anthony) — 6:20

"Hit the Dance Floor" (feat. Baby D

Baby D

) (Platt, Anthony) — 3:38

"Say Yes" (feat. Dru) (Matey, Andrew/Platt, Anthony/Scott, Lorenzo/Shahid, Fard) — 2:33

"Back It Up" (Platt, Anthony/Simmons, Howard) — 2:26

"Brand New Day" (Platt, Andrew/Scott, Lorenzo) — 5:06

Deluxe Edition

In addition to the tracks mentioned on the original album, the following tracks were added: (iTunes Music Store version)

"Walk It Out
Walk It Out
"Walk It Out" is the debut single of rapper Unk from his debut album Beat'n Down Yo Block! The song has been played on the radio in Atlanta since March 2006 but gained popularity nationwide in September 2006. The song peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him the first top-ten single of...

(Remix)" (featuring OutKast
OutKast
Outkast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. They were originally known as Two Shades Deep but later changed the group's name to OutKast...

and Jim Jones
Jim Jones (rapper)
Joseph Guillermo Jones II , better known by his stage name Jim Jones, is an American rapper and original member of The Diplomats, also known as Dipset. He is Co-CEO of Diplomat Records...

)
"2 Step
2 Step
"2 Step" is the second single from Unk's album Beat'n Down Yo Block! It was released in 2007. It has an accompanying dance, called the "2 Step". The video co-directed by Dale "Rage" Resteghini and Will Horton was released on February 23, 2007 on Yahoo! Music...

(Remix)" (featuring T-Pain
T-Pain
Faheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...

, Jim Jones
Jim Jones
James Warren "Jim" Jones was the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 mass suicide of 909 Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana along with the killings of five other people at a nearby airstrip.Jones was born in Indiana and started the Temple in...

, and E-40
E-40
Earl Stevens , better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor from Vallejo, California. He is also part of the rap group The Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. His solo debut album, Federal, was released in November 1992, after The Click's debut...

)
"Hit the Dance Floor" (Music Video)
"Walk It Out
Walk It Out
"Walk It Out" is the debut single of rapper Unk from his debut album Beat'n Down Yo Block! The song has been played on the radio in Atlanta since March 2006 but gained popularity nationwide in September 2006. The song peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him the first top-ten single of...

" (Music Video)
"2 Step
2 Step
"2 Step" is the second single from Unk's album Beat'n Down Yo Block! It was released in 2007. It has an accompanying dance, called the "2 Step". The video co-directed by Dale "Rage" Resteghini and Will Horton was released on February 23, 2007 on Yahoo! Music...

" (Music Video)

Singles

Single information
"Walk It Out Walk It Out "Walk It Out" is the debut single of rapper Unk from his debut album Beat'n Down Yo Block! The song has been played on the radio in Atlanta since March 2006 but gained popularity nationwide in September 2006. The song peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him the first top-ten single of... " Released: September,6 2006 B-side:
"2 Step 2 Step "2 Step" is the second single from Unk's album Beat'n Down Yo Block! It was released in 2007. It has an accompanying dance, called the "2 Step". The video co-directed by Dale "Rage" Resteghini and Will Horton was released on February 23, 2007 on Yahoo! Music... " Released: 2007

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